Jurisdiction

1.) As to cases tried: General (all cases) and limited (specific cases.)
2.) As to nature of cause: Original (where the case began) and appellate (when brought
to a higher court for review; higher courts won't entertain problems unless the lower
courts can't solve them first -but there are exceptions, like habeas corpus.)
3.) As to extent of exercise: Exclusive (limited to a particular court) and concurrent (when
different courts can try the same subject matter at the same time and place; the court
whose jurisdiction was first called on takes over the case and the other courts won't touch
4.) As to situs: territorial (limited to the area) and extra-territorial (extends beyond the
territorial limits.)
Residents of
Katarungang Resident of the Different Real Property Workplace/Instit May go directly
Pambarangay same Barangay Barangay Dispute ution Disputes to the Courts
Those involving All disputes Those arising at
Disputes actual residents involving real the workplace -when the
between persons of different property or any where the person is already
actually residing barangays within interest therein contending detained, in
in the same the same city or shall be brought parties are cases of habeas
Notes: Sec 399 barangay shall municipality shall in the barangay employed or at corpus, when
Lupong be brought for be brought in the where the real the institution there is
Tagapamayapa amicable barangay where property or the where such provisional
(Lupon) - settlement the respondent larger portion parties are remedy, when
Constituted before the lupon or any of the thereof is enrolled for the offense
every 3 years of said barangay. respondents situated. study, shall be prescribed
10-20 members
Pangkat ng
Tagapagkasund
o- Conciliation
Panel
Chairman:
Pangkat
Chairman
Notes: Objections to venue shall be raised in the mediation proceedings before the
punong barangay; otherwise, the same shall be deemed waived. Any legal question
which may confront the punong barangay in resolving objections to venue herein referred
to may be submitted to the Secretary of Justice, or his duly designated representative,
whose ruling thereon shall be binding.

Municipal Trial
Courts, Exclusive
Metropolitan Original Sec 32 Sec 1 Par b on
Trial Courts, BP 129 as the Rule on
Municipal amended by RA Special Sec 35 Summary
Circuit Trial 7691 BP 129 Procedure Concurrent
There shall be Sec 35 BP 129
created a In the absence
Metropolitan of all the
Trial Court in Except in cases Regional Trial
each falling within the Judges in a
metropolitan exclusive original province or city,
area established jurisdiction of the any Metropolitan
by law, a RTC and of the Trial Judge,
Municipal Trial Sandiganbayan, Municipal Trial
Court in each of all violations of Judge, Municipal With the RTC-
the other cities city or municipal Circuit Trial Application for
or municipalities, ordinances Judge may hear Protection Order
and a Municipal committed within and decide Violation of unless there is a
Circuit Trial their respective petitions for a Traffic laws, Family Court in
Court in each territorial writ of habeas Rules and the residence of
circuit jurisdictions; corpus or Regulations the petitioner
All offenses
punishable with
imprisonment of
not exceeding 6
years
irrespective of
the amount of
fine and
regardless of the
accessory Violations of the
penalties
In cases where rental law
the only penalty
provided by law All violations of
is a fine, it has city or municipal
exclusive jurisdic ordinances
tion over committed within
offenses their respective
punishable by a f territorial
ine not jurisdictions;
All other criminal
cases where the
penalty
prescribed by
law for the
offense charge is
imprisonment
not exceeding 6
Offenses months
involving imprisonment
damage to and/or a fine not
property through exceeding
criminal P1,000
negligence irrespective of
 In all cases
where none of
the accused are
occupying
positions
corresponding to Offenses
salary grade 27 involving
of higher damage to
exclusive original property through
jurisdiction criminal
thereof shall be negligence
vested in the where the
proper imposable fine
RTC,MeTC, does not exceed
MTC, McTC as 10,000 pesos
Cases involving
BP
22—Bouncing
Checks Law (as
In election per AM 00-11-01
offenses, cases SC effective
involving failure April 15, 2003
to register or shall be
failure to vote governed by
Exclusive
Regional Trial Original Sec 20 Appellate Sec 22
Court BP 129 BP 129 Special
(Of certain Concurrent
branches) to
handle 1
exclusively
criminal cases, 2
In criminal juvenile and
cases not domestic relation
within the cases, 3
exclusive agrarian cases,
jurisdiction of 4 urban land
any court, reform cases
tribunal or body, which do not fall Concurrent
except those All cases under the with the SC -
falling under decided by jurisdiction of Actions affecting
the exclusive MTCs, MeTCs, quasi-judicial ambassador,
and concurrent McTCs in their bodies and public minister
jurisdiction of respective agencies and/or and consuls
the territorial 5 such other (Sec 21 (1) BP
Sandiganbayan jurisdictions special cases as 129
 All criminal
cases where
the penalty is
higher than 6
years, including
government-
related cases Concurrent
wherein the with SC and CA
accused in not - petitions for
one of those habeas corpus,
falling under the and quo
jurisdiction of the warranto
Concurrent
with the SC,
CA,
Sandiganbayan-
In the issuance
of writs of
certiorari,
prohibition,mand
amus if they
relate to act or
Where the only omission of the
penalty provided trial court,
for by law is a corporation,
fine, over board or officer
offenses or person (Sec 4
punishable with Rule 65 as
a fine more than amended by AM
4,000 No 07-7-12) -
In all cases
where none of
the accused are
occupying
positions
corresponding to
salary grade 27 With the
of higher MTC/MCTC-
exclusive original Application for
jurisdiction Protection Order
thereof shall be unless there is a
vested in the Family Court in
proper the residence of
RTC,MeTC,over
Jurisdiction the petitioner
criminal and civil
aspects of
Mnemonic: L written
defamation or
libel
RA 8293 Sec 57
PD 49
Jurisdiction of
I designated RTC
branches for
violation of
 RA 9165 as
amended by RA
10640 Section
90 The Supreme
Court shall
designate
special courts
from among the
D existing RTCs in
each judicial
region to try and
hear cases
involving
violation of the
Comprehensive
Dangerous
Drugs Act of
Election
Offenses (
Omnibus
Election Code)
Sec. 268. The
regional trial
court shall have
the exclusive
original
O jurisdiction to try
and decide any
criminal action or
proceedings for
violation of this
Code, except
those relating to
the offense of
failure to register
RA 7055 Court
Martial Cases -
Section 1.
Members of the
Armed Forces of
the Philippines
and other
persons subject
to military law,
including
members of the
citizens Armed
Forces
Geographical
Units, who
commit crimes
or offenses
penalized under
the Revised
Penal Code
other special
penal laws, or
local government
ordinances
regardless of
whether or not
civilians are co-
accused, victims,
or offended
parties which
may be natural
or juridical
persons, shall be
CYBERCRIME
LAW RA 10175
Section 21.
Jurisdiction. —
The Regional
Trial Court shall
have jurisdiction
over any
violation of the
provisions of this
Act. including
any violation 1
committed by a
Filipino national
regardless of the
place of
commission.
Jurisdiction shall
lie if any of the
elements was 2
committed within
the Philippines or
committed with
the use of any
computer system
wholly or partly
situated in the
country, or 3
Human Security
Act of 2007
Illegal
Recruitment
Cases as
penalized under

Jurisdiction over
complex crimes
Violation of the
Environmental
Laws, rules and
regulation (sec 2
Rule 9 Par IV of
the Rules of
Environmental
In areas where
there are no
family courts, the
cases falling
under the
jurisdiction of
family courts
 Jurisdiction to try
all cases on
money
laundering
(however if
committed by
public officers
AND private
persons who are
in conspiracy
with such public
officers,
Cognizableshall
bybe
the
Sandiganbayan -
where the
information does
not allege
damage to the
government or
any bribery ;
alleged damage
to the
government of
bribery arising
from the same or

Jurisdiction RA Dangerous
Family
RA 9344Courts
as 8369 Drugs Courts
amended by RA
10630 Upon
determination of
probable cause
by the
prosecutor, the RTC has
information jurisdiction in
against the child Criminal Cases criminal cases of
shall be filed where one or violation of
before the more of the Comprehensive
Family Court accused is below Dangerous
within forty-five 18 years of age Drugs Act except
(45) days from but not less than in case of
the start of the 9 years of age) MINOR violators
Where one or
more of the
victimes is a
minor at the time
of the
commission of
Cases against
minor cognizable
under
 Violation of RA
7610 (Special
Protection of
Children Against
Child Abuse,
Exploitation
Cases of and
Domestic
Violence against
Women and
Children
including
applications for
Violation of RA
9775 (Anti Child
Pornography Act
of 2009)
Cases involving
Juveniles if no
preliminary
investigation is
required under
Sec 1 Rule 112

Exclusive
Sandiganbayan Original Notes : Appellate Concurrent
From the With the SC
Regional Trial and CA -
Court in cases petitions for
under P.D. 1606 mandamus,
(as amended by prohibition,
P.D. 1861) over certiorari,
final judgments, habeas corpus,
resolutions or injunctions and
orders of the ancillary writs in
Note: consider Violation of RTC whether or aid of its
the position of Republic Act No. not the cases appellate
the accused and 3019 ( Anti Graft were decided by jurisdiction;
the nature of the and Corrupt them in the petitions for quo
crime Practices Act) exercise of their warranto arising
 With the SC,
CA, RTC -
petitions for writ
of amparo, writ
of habeas data
Violation of RA WHEN THE
1379 (An Act Note: Ancillary ACTION
Declaring Writ and CONCERNS
Forfeiture on processes in the PUBLIC DATA
favor of the State aid of appellate FILES OF THE
any property jurisdiction - GOVERNMENT
found to have exists only as OFFICE;
been unlawfully part of an Petitions for
acquired by any INDEPENDENT certiorari,
public officers or action; remedy prohibition,
employee of invoked in the mandamus
providing for the aid of collection RELATING TO
proceedings of plaintiff‘s AN ACT OR
therefor)
Chapter 2 Sec 2 demand in action OMISSION OF
Title VII Book 2
of the RPC
(Bribery, indirect
Bribery,
Corruption of
Public Officials
Officials of the
executive branch where one or
occupying the more of the
position of accused are
regional director officials
and higher (AKA occupying the
E
Grade ‘27’ of RA following
6758, positions in the
Compensation government,
and Position whether in a
Classification permanent,
A. Provincial
acting or interim
governors, vice-
capacity, at the
governors,
time of the
members of the
commission of
sangguniang
the offense
panlalawigan,
provincial
treasurers,
assessors,
engineers and
B. City mayors,
vice-mayors,
members of the
sangguniang
panlungsod, city
treasurers,
assessors,
engineers and
other city
 C. Officials of the
diplomatic
service
occupying the
position of
D. Philippine
The Salary army and air
Grade has no force colonels,
reference to the naval captains,
officials and all officers of
enumerated higher rank
from letters a-g E. Officers of the
PNP while
occupying the
position of
provincial
director and
those holding the
rank of senior
superintendent
F. City and
provincial
prosecutors and
their assistants,
and officials and
prosecutors in
the office of the
Ombudsman
G. Presidents,
directors of
trustees, or
managers of
government
owned or
controlled
corporations,
state universities
Members of
Congress and
officials thereof
(classified as
C
Grade ‘27’ and
higher under the
CPCA of 1989)
Members of the
judiciary without
J prejudice to the
provisions of the
Constitution
Chairmen and
members of the
Constitutional
Commissions,
C
without prejudice
to the provisions
of the
 All other national
and local officials
A (classified as
Grade ‘27’ and
higher under the
CPCA of 1989) In relation to
Other offenses office- 1.
or felonies perpetrated while
whether simple in the
or complexed performanceof
with other crimes official function
committed in 2. Intimately
relation to their connected with
office by the the office/the
public officials offense cannot
and employees exist without the
RPC A-G mentioned in office 3. Office is
EO 1- cases of
recovery and
sequestration of
ill gotten wealth
amassed by the
marcoses and
their cronies, EO
Civil and criminal 2- all ill gotten
cases filed wealths includes
Recovery and pursuant to and properties in the
Sequestration in connection form of Estates
Cases of the ill with Executive and real
gotten wealth of Order #s 1,2,14 properties in the
the Marcoses and 14 – A, Ph or abroad,
and associates issued in 1986 EO 14 and 14A-
RA 9160 as
amended by RA
10167 and RA
10365 as
amended by RA
10630 Sec 5.
Those money
laundering cases
committed by
public officers
and private
Sec 3 of RA RA 1379
7080 (An Act Forfeiture cases
Defining and arising out of a
Penalizing the cause of action
crime of Plunder) separate and
provides that different from a
Until otherwise plunder case.
provided by law, [Preponderance
all prosecutions of Evidence is
under this act Reqd which is
 Violation of RA
6713 ( Code of
Conduct and
Ethical

Court of Tax Exclusive Exclusive

Appeals Original Appellate Notes
CTA ENBANC-
Decisions,
All criminal Resolutions on
offenses arising Motion for
from violations of reconsideration
the NIRC or or motion for
Tariff and new trial in
Customs Code Divisions IN THE
and other laws EXERCISE OF
administered by EXCLUSIVE
the BIR or the APPELLATE
Bureau of JURISDICTION
Customs over cases
Offenses where
the principal
amount of taxes
and fees,
exclusive of
charges and
penalties
claimed is less
than P1,000,000
or where the
specified amount
claimed shall be
tried by the
Over appeals
from the To review by
judgments, appeal the cases
resolutions or specified in RA
orders of the 1125 Sec 7 as
RTC in tax cases amended by RA
originally
Local Tax 9282 Sec 7
Cases, Tax
Collection
Cases- Over
petitions for
review of the
judgments,
resolutions or
orders of the
RTC in the
exercise of their
appellate
jurisdiction over
cases originally
 Decisions,
Resolutions on
Motion for
reconsideration
or motion for
new trial in
Divisions in the
exercise of
EXCLUSIVE
Decisions of the
Central Board of
Assessment
Appeals in the
exercise of their
APPELLATe
jurisdiction over
cases involving
assessment and
taxation of real
property
ORIGINALLY
Decisions,
Resolutions on
Motion for
reconsideration
or motion for
new trial in
Divisions in the
exercise of
EXCLUSIVE
ORIGINAL/
EXCLUSIVE
APPELLATE
JURISDICTION
over cases

Appellate RRCP-
Exclusive Rule 122 Sec 3
Appellate Sec Original Sec 9 (a) (b) Revised
Court of Appeals 9(3) of BP 129 BP 129 Rules on Concurrent
 All final
judgments,
decisions,
resolutions,
orders, or
awards of : RTC, By Appeal- over
quasi judicial To issue writs of all final
agencies, mandamus, judgments,
instrumentalities, prohibition, decisions,
board of certiorari, resolutions,
commissions , habeas corpus, orders, or
including SEC, injunctions and awards of the
SSS, Employees ancillary writs RTC and quasi With the SC,
Compensation whether or not in judicial agencies, RTC,
Commission, aid of its instrumentalities, Sandiganbayan-
CIvil Service appellate board or petitions for
Commission jurisdiction; commissions, certiorari,
EXCEPT those UNLIKE THE except those prohibition and
falling within the TRIAL COURT, appealable to the mandamus
appellate its writ have Supreme Court, against the
jurisdiction of the nationwide CTA or the Regional Trial
SC in scope
AM No. 07-9-12 Sandiganbayan Court
SC Writ of
Amparo; AM No.
08-1-16 SC By Petiton for
Habeas Data; Review - From
Sec 4 Am 05-11- the Regional
04 SC Petition Trial Court in
for freeze order cases appealed
on monetary thereto from
instrument, the lower
property or courts and not
proceeds appealable to
relation to or the
involving any Sandiganbayan
People vs
Mateo 2004
case: providing
for mandatory
and
intermediate
review by the
CA of cases
involving death

Exclusive
Supreme Court Original Appellate Concurrent
 By Appeal from
the RTC -
Review, revise,
modify or affirm
on appeal or
certiorari as a
law or the rules With the Court
of court may of Appeals and
provide, final Regional Trial
judgments and Court - petitions
Sec 5 (1) Art 8 of orders of the for certiorari,
the constitution- lower court (CA, prohibition and
In actions Sandiganbayan, mandamus,habe
affecting CTA enbanc, as corpus,
ambassadors RTC on purely habeas data,writ
and other public question of law, of amparo
ministers and Shariah against the lower
consul Appellate courts
With the
Sandiganbayan
- petitions for
mandamus,
prohibition
certiorari,
Petitions for Automatic review habeas corpus,
certiorari, in criminal cases injunctions and
prohibition and where the death ancillary writs in
mandamus penalty is aid of its
against the Court imposed.[reclusi appellate
of Appeals & the on perpetua or jurisdiction ;
Sandiganbayan higher] * petitions for
By Petition for
Review on
Certiorari -
From the Court
of Appeals; From
the
Sandiganbayan;
From the
Regional Trial
Court where only

Jurisdiction in Certain Crimes

Trial Court
having
jurisdiction to
impose the
maximum and
serious penalty
Complex Crime imposable of an
 The Courts of
the territories
where the
essential
ingredient of the
crime took place
Continuing Crimehave concurrent
Exclusive
Crime jurisdiction of the
Punishable with Municipal Trial
destierro Courts